Orthodox Union West Coast Convention
December 24-27, 1998

OU West Coast Convention 5758

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5759 Convention Sessions
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Featured Convention Speakers in Audio & Video:

Rabbi Dr. Gershon C. Gewirtz

Rabbi Dr. Gershon C. Gewirtz
Rabbi, Young Israel of Brookline, MA

Topic: My Rabbi is better than your Rabbi: How we establish Halachic Norms

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Rabbi Raphael B. Butler
Rabbi Berel Wein
Rabbi Raphael B. Butler
Executive Vice President, OU

& Rabbi Berel Wein
President, Destiny Foundation, Jerusalem

Topic: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Left, Center and Right wings of Orthodoxy

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Rabbi Tzvi Flaum Rabbi Tzvi Flaum

Topic: Women and Non-obligatory Mizvot
Can women wear tfillin? Put on tsitsit? What does Rav say about a women's "minyan"? What should you build first - a seminary for girls or a yeshiva for boys?

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Rabbi Berel Wein Rabbi Berel Wein
President, Destiny Foundation, Jerusalem

Keynote Address

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Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Topic: Morality in the Secular Society
Dr. Schlessinger pays tribute to Orthodox Jewry and explains why she respects them and how one invitation from an Orthodox Jew changed her life.

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Rabbi Shmuel Goldin

Rabbi Shmuel Goldin

Topic: Orthodoxy Relating to the Non-Orthodox
Rabbi Goldin discusses the issue of Reform clergy giving a sermon in an Orthodox synagogue and calls for more Orthodox-Reform dialogue.

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Shira Smiles

Shira Smiles

Topic: Parasha Vayechi for women only
The Twelve Tribes - Model of Diversity

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Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Topic: How does liberal Orthodoxy Differ From Conservative Judaism

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Rabbi Benjamin Blech Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Topic: The State of Israel & The Coming of Mashiach

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MUCH MORE STILL TO COME!!

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